A lifetime best in the 100 fly prelims has American Tom Shields ranked second going into tonight’s semifinals at the FINA world championships. The motivation to put together his fastest
A subpar result in last night’s 100 freestyle wasn’t weighing on Nathan Adrian’s mind in today’s 50 freestyle prelims at the FINA world championships. He made a big statement, though,
Here are the heat sheets for the sixth night of finals at the 2015 FINA World Championships. SCHEDULED EVENTS Women’s Freestyle 100m Final Men’s Backstroke 200m Final Women’s Backstroke 200m Semi-Finals Men’s Freestyle 50m
Katie Ledecky led the women’s 800-meter free in prelims posting a final time of 8:19.42 to claim the first-place seed coming back for finals. While she was 8.21 seconds
Australia topped the men’s 800-meter free relay after an impressive race with the United States and Great Britain. A slower starting leg from the United States’ Reed Malone (1:48.21) allowed for Grant
Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu continued what has proved to be a successful meet for her with a first-place seed in the women’s 200-meter back. Hosszu turned in a 2:07.17 for first, just shy
Hungary’s Laszlo Cseh turned in an impressive 50.91 to rocket himself to the top of the world rankings for 2015. Cseh’s prelims time bested his former time of 51.97 by
Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom topped the field in the women’s 50-meter butterfly prelims posting a time of 25.43. While this may not be as quick as her 2015 world best of 24.69
Florent Manaudou of France claimed the top seed in the men’s 50-meter free after prelims with a swift 21.71. Manudou’s time sits only .14 seconds off his world best of 21.57
Brazil’s Cesar Cielo was notably absent from the heats of the 50 freestyle at the FINA world championships, as the three-time champion elected to end his meet early due to
